{"product_id":"a-tree-is-nice-9780064431477","title":"A Tree Is Nice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Caldecott Medal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A radiant and buoyant picture book.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tree Is Nice \u003c\/em\u003eis a classic tale about the beauty of the everyday world. \"Simont's watercolors perfectly complement the poetic simplicity of the text, allowing the reader room to engage in his or her own imaginative embroiderings about trees\" \u003cem\u003e(Children's Books and Their Creators).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrees are beautiful. They fill up the sky. If you have a tree, you can climb up its trunk, roll in its leaves, or hang a swing from one of its limbs. Cows and babies can nap in the shade of a tree. Birds can make nests in the branches. A tree is good to have around. A tree is nice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimont, Marc:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarc Simont was born in 1915 in Paris. His parents were from the Catalonia region of Spain, and his childhood was spent in France, Spain, and the United States. Encouraged by his father, Joseph Simont, an artist and staff illustrator for the magazine \u003cem\u003eL'Illustration, \u003c\/em\u003e Marc Simont drew from a young age. Though he later attended art school in Paris and New York, he considers his father to have been his greatest teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he was nineteen, Mr. Simont settled in America permanently, determined to support himself as an artist. His first illustrations for a children's book appeared in 1939. Since then, Mr. Simont has illustrated nearly a hundred books, working with authors as diverse as Margaret Wise Brown and James Thurber. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss's \u003cem\u003eThe Happy Day, \u003c\/em\u003e and in in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in \u003cem\u003eA Tree is Nice, \u003c\/em\u003e by Janice May Udry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed for its grace, humor, and beauty, Marc Simont's art is in collections as far afield at the Kijo Picture Book Museum in Japan, but the honor he holds most dear is having been chosen as the 1997 Illustrator of the Year in his native Catalonia. Mr. Simont and his wife have one grown son, two dogs and a cat. They live in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Marc Simont's most recent book is \u003cem\u003eThe Stray Dog.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimont, Marc:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarc Simont was born in 1915 in Paris. His parents were from the Catalonia region of Spain, and his childhood was spent in France, Spain, and the United States. Encouraged by his father, Joseph Simont, an artist and staff illustrator for the magazine \u003cem\u003eL'Illustration, \u003c\/em\u003e Marc Simont drew from a young age. Though he later attended art school in Paris and New York, he considers his father to have been his greatest teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he was nineteen, Mr. Simont settled in America permanently, determined to support himself as an artist. His first illustrations for a children's book appeared in 1939. Since then, Mr. Simont has illustrated nearly a hundred books, working with authors as diverse as Margaret Wise Brown and James Thurber. He won a Caldecott Honor in 1950 for illustrating Ruth Krauss's \u003cem\u003eThe Happy Day, \u003c\/em\u003e and in in 1957 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his pictures in \u003cem\u003eA Tree is Nice, \u003c\/em\u003e by Janice May Udry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed for its grace, humor, and beauty, Marc Simont's art is in collections as far afield at the Kijo Picture Book Museum in Japan, but the honor he holds most dear is having been chosen as the 1997 Illustrator of the Year in his native Catalonia. Mr. Simont and his wife have one grown son, two dogs and a cat. They live in West Cornwall, Connecticut. Marc Simont's most recent book is \u003cem\u003eThe Stray Dog.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUdry, Janice May:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMrs. Udry's first book, \u003cem\u003eA Tree Is Nice\u003c\/em\u003e, illustrated by Marc Simont, won the 1957 Caldecott Award for the most distinguished American picture book. Mrs. Udry is also the author of \u003cem\u003eGlenda\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLet's Be Enemies\u003c\/em\u003e (also illustrated by Maurice Sendak), \u003cem\u003eMary Ann's Mud Day\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Mean Mouse and Other Mean Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThump and Plunk\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperTrophy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626509832466,"sku":"9780064431477","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5780d55e-d046-4bf8-93da-330c9b6d6b68.jpg?v=1737267370","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-tree-is-nice-9780064431477","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}